I am so sick and tired of everyone acting like the celtics have all but won a title already. They have the same number of wins as we do .. ZERO .. and have to play the same number of games. Their big 3 has ZERO championships combined, and none of them may play all 82 games.

Just a couple points, as far as matchups the old celtics scared me more than the new celtics. The knicks thepast couple years have more trouble with the scrappy and young teams (charlotte, sixers, and "old celtics"), than teams with super stars.

When philly had inverson, we played them well. we play Lebron and the cavs well, even Miami we are competitive with.

The bobcats have our number, and so did the sixers after they traded iverson, and for the past 3 yeas you could almost mark any celtics game down as a loss, because they have killed us.

I am not saying teh celtics dont have talent, but the knicks play top heavy teams better than we play scrappy 1-12 teams.

I am so sick and tired of everyone acting like the celtics have all but won a title already. They have the same number of wins as we do .. ZERO .. and have to play the same number of games. Their big 3 has ZERO championships combined, and none of them may play all 82 games.

Just a couple points, as far as matchups the old celtics scared me more than the new celtics. The knicks thepast couple years have more trouble with the scrappy and young teams (charlotte, sixers, and "old celtics"), than teams with super stars.

When philly had inverson, we played them well. we play Lebron and the cavs well, even Miami we are competitive with.

The bobcats have our number, and so did the sixers after they traded iverson, and for the past 3 yeas you could almost mark any celtics game down as a loss, because they have killed us.

I am not saying teh celtics dont have talent, but the knicks play top heavy teams better than we play scrappy 1-12 teams.

- Cangoods

u make good points as far as the celtics and how we lose to maybe lesser teams. but i seriously think that the knicks will be more hungry in every game, because there comes a point that guys are just sick of losing. the knicks will not be losing forever. i think the knicks are goin to come out and be hungry for every game they play. but im not goin to front tho the celtics will be a problem this up-coming year but the problem with them is that they have like a 2-3 year window to really do somethin. because there three key guys are all 30+ i think. but i will be payin attention to that team tho.

KG with Sprewell, Cassell, and practically no one else on the team: what was it? like 55-60 wins in the Western Conference?

KG with Pierce, Allen, and practically no one else on the team: probably around 60 wins in the L-Eastern Conference

Sorry but the 3rd most talented player in the league alongside one of the greatest shooters of our generation, and an older wiser, and more well rounded Carmello Anthony has to make some noise.

oh and brooklynchild, we have a young team, if anything the Celtics stars are tired of losing and they realize that they have a 3 year window to do something. So really, shouldn't they be that team that will come out hungry 82 games out of the year?

And don't say, "Well I just really have this feeling that the Knicks are gonna want it more."

KG with Sprewell, Cassell, and practically no one else on the team: what was it? like 55-60 wins in the Western Conference?

KG with Pierce, Allen, and practically no one else on the team: probably around 60 wins in the L-Eastern Conference

Sorry but the 3rd most talented player in the league alongside one of the greatest shooters of our generation, and an older wiser, and more well rounded Carmello Anthony has to make some noise.

oh and brooklynchild, we have a young team, if anything the Celtics stars are tired of losing and they realize that they have a 3 year window to do something. So really, shouldn't they be that team that will come out hungry 82 games out of the year?

And don't say, "Well I just really have this feeling that the Knicks are gonna want it more."

what people aren't realizing through the madness and shock that I'm still in that the deal actually happened is that (with the exception of pierce) not only are these guys extremely talented but KG and Allen are 2 of the most unselfish superstars in the NBA. They pass, they can defer if another guy is hot and they can score score score from multiple areas on the court. This is a huge test for the coaching staff of Boston because this is the easiest lineup to successfully implement an inside out offensive scheme I've ever seen in my 22 yrs of watching basketball. One of the best pf in basketball history and the prettiest jump shot ive ever seen in my life on the same team? I'm not guaranteeing a championship but these guys are no hoax. The Knicks might want to make some more trades just to make the playoffs because they are serious! Especially since they have Posey also now. We made a nice acquisition but so did a lot of other team. Ppl are sleeping on NJ. Dwight Howard looked awesome in FIBA play (i know its different but still).We have our work cut out 4 us.

It's rare that a bunch of great players suddenly get thrown together. The Celtics could rock, but until they develop chemistry I'll assume they're going to be pretty good, but not great. And "pretty good" doesn't win titles.

First off Minn was already a playoff team when they added cassell and sprewell and gave up vitually nothing. Celtics were one of the worst teams in the league last year, Uprooted their entire team, its more than merely adding two players.

apples and oranges. Now i will admit KG, and Allen are more talented than Cassell and Spree, but one thing you cant neglect is that both spree and Cassell were big game players who had there best games when it mattered. Cassell had 2 rings, and spree had a finals appearence when he came.

How many finals appearances do any of the big 3 have between them, how many rings ? ZERO. How many times have each of these guys came up lame or mediocre in a big playoff series, or deciding game.

Last thing i want to add to this, is there is no way all 3 of these guys stay healthy all year, and if you have 2 of them healthy by the playoffs i would concider yourself lucky.

This team has the hands down top 3, but its still a flawed team, and not a championship caliber team yet.